Mac Sees
@macsees.bsky.social
Retired sysadmin watching global democracy, climate, immigration, healthcare, social safety nets and justice, journalism, disinformation, defense, privacy & cybersecurity from an east coast US & Canada perspective.
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There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
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Wondering if you should continue to use services that require age verification of some kind? Read more about gauging the risk to your personal info: www.eff.org/pages/use-g...
So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?
EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many
www.eff.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Wondering if you should continue to use services that require age verification of some kind? Read more about gauging the risk to your personal info: www.eff.org/pages/use-g...
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wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
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This from @pkrugman.bsky.social made me lol open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This from @pkrugman.bsky.social made me lol open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Tylenol-Autism Controversy Just Got Its Answer
A landmark Lancet review rebuts years of alarm over acetaminophen use in pregnancy — but the politics may take longer to settle.
www.celinegounder.com/p/the-tyleno...
A landmark Lancet review rebuts years of alarm over acetaminophen use in pregnancy — but the politics may take longer to settle.
www.celinegounder.com/p/the-tyleno...
The Tylenol-Autism Controversy Just Got Its Answer
A landmark Lancet review rebuts years of alarm over acetaminophen use in pregnancy — but the politics may take longer to settle.
www.celinegounder.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Tylenol-Autism Controversy Just Got Its Answer
A landmark Lancet review rebuts years of alarm over acetaminophen use in pregnancy — but the politics may take longer to settle.
www.celinegounder.com/p/the-tyleno...
A landmark Lancet review rebuts years of alarm over acetaminophen use in pregnancy — but the politics may take longer to settle.
www.celinegounder.com/p/the-tyleno...
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GOP spent two decades convinced they were obsolete and that demographics would eliminate their POWER
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
GOP spent two decades convinced they were obsolete and that demographics would eliminate their POWER
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
Trump showed them the way
And sadly it wasn't really incompatible with many of their values
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Covering this stuff tactically & reactively, focusing on "is this legal?" & "can he do this?" & "how will it work?" is important, but really beside the point. Enough. He's imposing fascism at home & destroying our most essential pillars of national security & world order abroad. The rest is noise.
We don't need to play games parsing US law or international treaties to figure out if it's legal for Trump to do this. It's not. It's crystal clear it's all illegal. Everyone's just pretending we're not at the point where the thing to do is to remove him. It's an advanced state of political denial.
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Covering this stuff tactically & reactively, focusing on "is this legal?" & "can he do this?" & "how will it work?" is important, but really beside the point. Enough. He's imposing fascism at home & destroying our most essential pillars of national security & world order abroad. The rest is noise.
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this alone is worth an impeachment tbh
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
this alone is worth an impeachment tbh
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Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
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After several attempts over a period of 6 years, patience finally paid off. For an all too brief moment, Argentinian Patagonia's vast, breathtaking Perito Moreno glacier is dressed in the most beautiful light!
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #travel #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #travel #landscapephotography #naturephotography
January 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
After several attempts over a period of 6 years, patience finally paid off. For an all too brief moment, Argentinian Patagonia's vast, breathtaking Perito Moreno glacier is dressed in the most beautiful light!
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #travel #landscapephotography #naturephotography
#photography #nature #bluesky #landscape #travel #landscapephotography #naturephotography
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damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
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Important read.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Important read.
For the historical record, as 2025 ends. Tough read. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
For the historical record, as 2025 ends. Tough read. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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Read this well written Atlantic article on the topic
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
archive.is/2025.07.31-1...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
archive.is/2025.07.31-1...
archive.is
August 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Read this well written Atlantic article on the topic
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
archive.is/2025.07.31-1...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
archive.is/2025.07.31-1...
The accelerated drying of continents, combined with the flooding of coastal cities and food-producing lowlands, heralds potentially staggering and cascading risks for global order, the researchers warn. Points to widespread famine, migration of large numbers of people, and geopolitical disorder.
The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast freshwater resources are under threat, according to a recently released study based on 20+ years of NASA satellite data.
Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The accelerated drying of continents, combined with the flooding of coastal cities and food-producing lowlands, heralds potentially staggering and cascading risks for global order, the researchers warn. Points to widespread famine, migration of large numbers of people, and geopolitical disorder.
This clear-eyed status assessment of the US has stayed with me for several days. We're in the "second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” as Roberts of the Heritage Foundation said last year. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... TY, @hcrichardson.bsky.social
July 30, 2025
On July 2, 2024, just about a year ago, president of the right-wing Heritage Foundation Kevin Roberts told the listeners of Steve Bannon’s War Room webcast: “[W]e are going to win.
open.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This clear-eyed status assessment of the US has stayed with me for several days. We're in the "second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” as Roberts of the Heritage Foundation said last year. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... TY, @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Shit @rusty.todayintabs.com nailed it www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
July 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Shit @rusty.todayintabs.com nailed it www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
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a super unnerving thing is installing a carbon dioxide detector in your house, opening all the windows and it's *still* above 420ppm because that's just life on planet earth now
July 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
a super unnerving thing is installing a carbon dioxide detector in your house, opening all the windows and it's *still* above 420ppm because that's just life on planet earth now
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Some good tips for reducing your microplastic exposure
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Guest column | I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life.
Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure.
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July 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Some good tips for reducing your microplastic exposure
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The man. The legend. I’ve listened to him for years, with great admiration. In a week of many musical legends passing, this is one too many. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The man. The legend. I’ve listened to him for years, with great admiration. In a week of many musical legends passing, this is one too many. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
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He was the last SS guard, about to be tried when he died at 100. Let this warn the ICE agents who think they are only guards, following orders. Your masked crimes against humans and humanity will mark you to the end of your days.
The Last SS Guard @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
The Last SS Guard @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard
Gregor Formanke stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives intersect once more.
www.zeit.de
July 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
He was the last SS guard, about to be tried when he died at 100. Let this warn the ICE agents who think they are only guards, following orders. Your masked crimes against humans and humanity will mark you to the end of your days.
The Last SS Guard @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
The Last SS Guard @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
I keep coming back to this one. Inspiration: John Lewis. Thank you to all who protested this week.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 17, 2025
Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I keep coming back to this one. Inspiration: John Lewis. Thank you to all who protested this week.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...